SINGAPORE - Seleter

[MandatorV8]

Check out this thread on Key - some excellent pics including aerial obliques:

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=84833

[keithnewsome]

How about, just for you, a photo of the large flying boat hangar, Seletar, 1953. Keith.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/special/singhangar.jpg

[NJR]

Singapore "A" type hangar

Found these recently, sent to me by the owner a few years ago. He was asking what type of hangar it was, I said "A" type?

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t145/ryan7480_bucket/P2050029.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t145/ryan7480_bucket/P2050030.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t145/ryan7480_bucket/P2050037.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t145/ryan7480_bucket/P2050039.jpg

http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t145/ryan7480_bucket/P2050045.jpg

NJR

[John Cooper]

RAF Seletar Singapore, my thanks to Geoff Cole who took this photo in the late 1940s

http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/26940/1047562094035970728S600x600Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1047562094035970728Xhkpat)

[John Cooper]

How about, just for you, a photo of the large flying boat hangar, Seletar, 1953. Keith.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/special/singhangar.jpg

The picture from Keith above holds many memories for me as this was my first 'proper' posting in the RAF 205/209 Squadron [Far East Flying Boat Wing] at the age of 18. I have many photos of this Squadron if anyone is interested, just click on th Seletar badge there are several pages

http://thumb8.webshots.net/s/thumb3/6/44/92/35864492cYMNaU_th.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/album/35863241TEEChG)

[keithnewsome]

John. I have just looked through all 287 of your photos from this period, very very nice for those who were there at the time, thank you, that does not include me, my interest comes from a collection of photos i have had the good fortune to be allowed access to in the recent past, some of which are from the same place, same era !
A lot of these photos I have used in threads in various aviation forum, so you may have seen these before ?
A couple from the same place , same time .....
Firstly a photo of FEFBW Seletar sometime ????

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/special/FEFBW2.jpg

And the Coronation flypast 1953 !

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii58/keithnewsome/special/singapore72.jpg

[John Cooper]

Nice shots Keith, thanks!

I would think the Squadron photo too was early 50's [maybe 1953/54] as some of the bods are still wearing the 'chip bag hats' as well as berets

[PNK]

So glad I saw one of those things in flight. Okay it was a Sandringham but it is similar enough. Even flew over our house in Dartford.

[Daveg4otu]

That's Kallang airport -I spent many hours watching planes land there in 1953/4....my father was on a RASC supply ship(The "Malplaquet") and when the ship was in we used to go on board - it was always anchored out in the harbour just to the left (in photo) of the approach.

On 13 March 54 we watched as a BOAC Connie (G-ALAM) landed short , hit the seawall and cartwheeled down the runway.

[Roger Ramjet]

Seletar Singapore
Has anyone got any pics of this airfield during its use by the RAF?

Roger Ramjet

[John Cooper]

Nearly 300 here from my own collection or those that have been sent to me running from late 1940;s to early 1960's
http://rides.webshots.com/album/3583241TEEChG

[Roger Ramjet]

wow. amazing.


tahnks John

[REF]

I saw this photo on the key thread taken by Keith Newsome - I hope he doesn't mind me posting it here too!

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb198/Flyer719/ALL%20OTHER%20PHOTOS/Keith%20Newsome/seletar.jpg

[REF]

Steve Slater (low'n'slow) from the key forum has kindly allowed me to post the photos he took in September 2008 on this thread. Many thanks to Steve for allowing me to do this.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb198/Flyer719/ALL%20OTHER%20PHOTOS/Steve%20Slater/Image012-1.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb198/Flyer719/ALL%20OTHER%20PHOTOS/Steve%20Slater/Image013-1.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb198/Flyer719/ALL%20OTHER%20PHOTOS/Steve%20Slater/Image014.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb198/Flyer719/ALL%20OTHER%20PHOTOS/Steve%20Slater/Image017-2.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb198/Flyer719/ALL%20OTHER%20PHOTOS/Steve%20Slater/Image018.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb198/Flyer719/ALL%20OTHER%20PHOTOS/Steve%20Slater/Image019.jpg

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb198/Flyer719/ALL%20OTHER%20PHOTOS/Steve%20Slater/Image003-3.jpg



And finally one of the Sunset Bar, Republic of Singapore Flying Club, Seletar!

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb198/Flyer719/ALL%20OTHER%20PHOTOS/Steve%20Slater/0505SingporeFlyingClub.jpg

[Stevo]

There's another picture of Seletars Watch Office with Tower 206/36? on this page, scroll down a bit

http://81squadron.com/raf_seletar.htm

;)

[P Bellamy]

Hangar at Seletar demolished:

http://firstcutproduction.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/goodbye-seletar/

[PETERTHEEATER]

The depressing march of progress!